Feb 22 Fact-checking the Trump White House’s claims about illegal immigration dropping sharply By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has dropped since Trump entered the White House. But the White House’s data use is misleading. … Continue reading
Feb 01 Did Trump’s firing of aviation officials contribute to the D.C. crash? Experts say it’s unlikely By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact Aviation experts said there was little that Trump did that could have precipitated the crash between a commercial jet and a military helicopter. There was simply too little time — less than 10 days after Trump was sworn in —… Continue reading
Jan 30 Live blog: Fact-checking Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmation hearings By PolitiFact staff Our partners at PolitiFact will be providing live fact-checking. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 7:02 PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ and its impact on the Ohio town caught in the middle By Ali Rogin, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan The 2024 campaign was unlike any in modern American history. But one thing united candidates across the political spectrum, they were all searching for messages that would resonate with voters. The team at the fact-checking organization PolitiFact investigated hundreds of… Continue watching
Dec 09 Fact-checking Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them. Continue reading
Nov 24 The size of Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory, explained in 5 charts By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact How big was President-elect Donald Trump’s victory? It was clear, but not a landslide by historical standards. Here’s how 2024 sized up to other recent elections. Continue reading
Nov 07 Fact check: Trump’s 2024 win doesn’t prove claims that the 2020 election was stolen By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact Conservatives are leveraging President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral victory to again allege the 2020 election was fraudulent. But from election to election, millions of voters potentially shifting support from one party to another isn’t unusual, experts say. Continue reading
Nov 04 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact On election night 2020, then-President Donald Trump prematurely declared hours after polls had closed, "We already have won." He hadn’t. Continue reading
Oct 09 Fact-checking Harris and Trump’s interviews with AARP By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact The presidential candidates spoke by phone with Robert Love, vice president and editor-in-chief of AARP Publications. Continue reading
Oct 02 Fact-checking the VP debate between Vance and Walz on abortion, immigration and Iran By PolitiFact staff Vance and Walz acknowledged occasional agreement with each other on policy points and respectfully addressed one another throughout the debate. But they also blamed each other’s running mates for problems facing the U.S., including immigration and inflation. Continue reading